Remaining Neutral in Disputes: Does This Stance Apply When the Oppressor Is Clearly Identifiable?
From ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz bin ʿAbdillāh bin Bāz to my blessed and venerated brother in Islām, the Shaykh (initials: Ayn, Ḥā, Khā) — may Allāh guide him towards the acquisition and implementation of all that is pleasing to Him, and increase him in both knowledge and īmān. Āmīn
I have become acquainted with your written statements —may Allāh guide you — dated the 24th of Muḥarram, 1411 AH (5th of August, 1990 CE). Following my perusal of the matters mentioned therein, it behooves me to inform you that the aḥadīth pertaining to the precautions taken during times of fitnah have been interpreted by the...